Comments on: Asking for your input!

By: scaresome

scaresome — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:43:52 +0000

I love videos! I still like going back to see BRK’s level 10 hunter tutorial (and his disgust at lvl 80 hunter’s doing melee).
I healed a level 68 bear tank with a lvl 72 dps in reg UK (I’m 80). I was amazed how this bear tank held aggro and would love to see a video on how he could do it.

I’d like videos on addons and how they work, omni’s threat would be sooo wonderful. Even those “ready check” addons, how do they do that? Same with quick marking mobs, that must be an addon.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:10:04 +0000

In answer to your question, Roulade (cool name, btw)

Violet Hold

http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/02/18/bear-video-violet-hold-part-1-of-3/

I recorded an entire run, broke it up into three segments, went to make three films… and then as far as i could tell, video got eaten by hard drive. Part the first is still up though.

By: Roulade

Roulade — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:57:39 +0000

The second poster said:
“I loved seeing your VH video from a while back”

What does VH stand for and possibly even, where can I find a link please?

On topic:
Multiple target tanking when there’s ranged involved
The ZG videos sound like an idea.
Attumen would be nice to see, because if you can do it, we can do it as well :)

kind regards
Roulade

By: Maell

Maell — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:24:53 +0000

I liked all your ideas:

“Using Omen to test out threat generation rotations.
Pulling and Bear tanking multiple mobs
The timely use of a Bear’s “Oh shit” buttons.”

My 2 coppers so far:
I know some tanking classes do better with certain encounters than others, so a clip about an encounter that you’ve previously struggled with as a bear but figured out how to do best would also be informative.
(i.e: I Normally struggle with “snap aggro” if the dps in the grp is very good. Have to ask then to hold back 1 sec before unleashing their fury :) )

By: Lila

Lila — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:55 +0000

I’d also like to see bear tank intros – I’m doing ok but I know I’ve got more at my disposal that I could be using: using cooldowns more efficiently, especially. Seeing how to set up the UI would be awesome too, for both tanking and healing. I want to try my hand at healing one of these days.

By: Skitari

Skitari — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:35:17 +0000

I too would love to see videos on how to be a bear tank. I would like to make the change from tree to bear, but starting out seems overwhelming.

By: Rowtan

Rowtan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:24:08 +0000

A vid of the first boss (3 bosses?) in ToC-5 (heroic) – one healer, one ranged one melee … one pain in the butt. I find it impossible to keep aggro on all three at the same time.

By: Byrnison

Byrnison — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:16:03 +0000

I’ve got nothing new to add. The suggestions for Basic Bear Butt tutorials for tanking–cooldowns, AoE rotations, and so on–sound wonderful. I’d also love to see some old-world soloing, and maybe some useful Wrath soloing like Chillmaw.

By: Althalas

Althalas — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:37:46 +0000

I would like to see your opinion on the AGI VS STAM issue. If you use RAWR t keeps flip flopping between the stats. It’s irritating. I have started going for stam, as I block with my face. But yah, I would love to see your input on it.

By: Steevee

Steevee — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:11:26 +0000

@ Markus Laumann… “I’d like to see that “Oh Shit” button video.”

This isn’t a video, but I thought I’d at least pass the info along. My “Oh Shit” button is the following simple macro:

#showtooltip Survival Instincts
/cast Survival Instincts
/cast Frenzied Regeneration
/cast Barkskin

If the healers start falling behind, this one will usually save you until they get back on track. And just to be pleasant, I usually call out over vent “Survival” so that they know I cast it. It’s a lot nicer than yelling “I NEED HEALS!!! I NEED HEALS!!!”